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ę

1. (phonetics) A nasal vowel [e]. The norm in Americanist notation; sometimes used in IPA transcription to leave room over the vowel letter for tone diacritics.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz

• (Letters with ogonek):  Ąą  Ęę  Įį  Ǫǫ  Ųų

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃/

ę (lower case, upper case Ę)

1. A letter of the Chipewyan alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /ae/

ę (lower case, upper case Ę)

1. Scribal abbreviation of the diphthong ae

• IPA^(key): /ɛː/

ę (lower case, upper case Ę)

1. The eighth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called e nosinė and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Y y, Z z, Ž ž

ę (lower case, upper case Ę)

1. The letter e with a hook:

   ę = /ɛ̃˨/

   ę́ = /ɛ̃˥/

   ęę = /ɛ̃ː˨˨/

   ę́ę = /ɛ̃ː˥˨/

   ęę́ = /ɛ̃ː˨˥/

   ę́ę́ = /ɛ̃ː˥˥/

• (Navajo letters using the hook sign): Ąą Ęę Įį Ǫǫ

ę (lower case, upper case Ę)

1. a letter representing i-umlauted a; an e with a hook taken from the bowl of the a

ę

1. abbreviation of eða - ^[1]

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and ę for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ɛw̃/

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ę (lower case, upper case Ę)

1. The eighth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ę or e z ogonkiem and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

ę

1. obsolete form of em